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conference
English
Etymology
From Middle French conférence, from Medieval Latin conferentia, from Latin conferens.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.f??ns/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?n.f?.??ns/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?n.f?.??ns/, [?k???.f??ns], [?k???.f?n?s]
Noun
conference (plural conferences)
- The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
- (politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
- (sciences) A formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
- (business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.
- (sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
- (Philippines, sports) A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.
- (obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- helps and furtherances which […] the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
- A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- discussant, lecturer, parleyer, prelector, speaker.
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Verb
conference (third-person singular simple present conferences, present participle conferencing, simple past and past participle conferenced)
- (transitive, intransitive, education) To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.
- 2009, Jennifer Berne, The Writing-Rich High School Classroom
- The students who were conferenced on paper 1 will get a written response to paper 2, and those who received a written response to paper 1 will be conferenced on paper 2.
- 2009, Jennifer Berne, The Writing-Rich High School Classroom
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confer
English
Etymology
From Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin c?nfer?. Compare Dutch confereren (“to confer”), German konferieren (“to confer”), Danish konferere (“to confer”), Swedish konferera (“to confer”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?f??/, [k?????f?]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?f??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
confer (third-person singular simple present confers, present participle conferring, simple past and past participle conferred)
- (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.]
- The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
- Nor shall I count in hainous to enjoy
The public marks of honour and reward
Conferr'd upon me […]
- Nor shall I count in hainous to enjoy
- 2010, Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer, 7 Feb 2010:
- The special immunities that are conferred on MPs were framed with the essential purpose of allowing them to speak freely in parliament.
- (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. [from 16th c.]
- They were in a huddle, conferring about something.
- 1974, "A Traveler's Perils", Time, 25 Mar 1974:
- Local buttons popped when Henry Kissinger visited Little Rock last month to confer with Fulbright on the Middle East oil talks.
- (obsolete) To compare. [16th–18th c.]
- 1557 (book title):
- The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Second Essay, of Unsucceeding Experiments
- If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion.
- 1557 (book title):
- (obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather. [16th–17th c.]
- (obsolete) To contribute; to conduce. [16th–18th c.]
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
- The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
Synonyms
- (to grant, bestow, or contribute): afford
Derived terms
- conferment
- conferrable
- conferral
- agreement conferring jurisdiction
Related terms
- cf, cf.
- conference
- collate
- collation
Translations
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kon.fer/, [?kõ?f?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kon.fer/, [?k?nf?r]
Verb
c?nfer
- second-person singular present active imperative of c?nfer?. Often abbreviated cf and used to mean "compare with".
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